Charles Amini is a legspinner who hails from a family with deep cricketing roots. His grandfather, Brian, and father, Charles, both captained Papua New Guinea's senior side while his brother Chris was also a PNG senior and Under-19 captain. His mother, Kune, led the PNG women's team as well. Charles led PNG's successful campaign in the ICC's East-Asia Pacific Under-15 Cricket 8's in 2006-07. He was part of the squad in the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2008, and went on to take eight wickets in the Qualifiers for the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand in 2010.
Cricinfo staff, January 2010.